Safety-catch for pins.



A. SCHROETTER; SAFETY CATCH FORPINS.

APPLlCATlON FILED 00?. 1.11915. 1,213,276.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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UNITED STAT I FATE T OFFICE.

ARNOLD SCI-IROETTER, OF NEW- YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR PINS.

Application filed October 7, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD SoHRonT'rnR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Catches for Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a safety catch for breast pins, and similar articles, which is of simple construction and effectively locks the pin against accidental or larcenous removal.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a bar pin provided with a catch embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged side view, partly in section, of the catch; Fig. 3, a right hand end view thereof, and Fig. 4, a plan.

The catch comprises essentially, a hookshaped keeper 1, mounted on a base 2, said base likewise carrying the post 3 of the pin 4. To the beak of hook 1, there is pivoted by means of a stop hinge having pintle 5, a curved latch 6 having a projection 7, which is accommodated within a corresponding notch 8 of the beak. To the shank of hook I, is pivoted at 9, a tongue 10, which is normally retracted by means of a plunger 11 engaged by a spring 12, and received within a chamber 13 of the shank. The upper end of tongue 10, is provided with a. groove or seat 14, formed between a toe 15 and a handle 16. The toe is rounded and is adapted to engage the projection 7 of latch 6, the toe being eccentric to said latch. The handle 16, projects upwardly through a notch 17 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

Serial No. 124,219.

latch 6, so as to be readily accessible. When the tongue is swung inwardly, toe 15 will underlie projection 7, so as to lock latch 6, and accordingly lock the end of pin 4, which is received within the groove 14. When the tongue is swung outwardly against the action of spring plunger 11, toe 15, will swing latch 6 upwardly on its pintle 5, so that pin 4 is liberated and may be withdrawn from the keeper.

I claim:

1. A safety catch for pins, comprising a keeper, a latch pivoted thereto, and a pivoted tongue having a toe adapted to engage the latch.

2. A safety catch for pins, comprising a keeper, a latch pivoted thereto, and a spring-controlled tongue pivoted to the keeper and having a toe which is eccentric to the latch.

3. A safety catch for pins comprising a keeper having a notch, a latch pivoted to the keeper and having a projection adapted to engage said notch, and a pivoted springcontrolled tongue having a toe adapted to engage the projection, said toe being eccentric to the latch.

4. A safety catch for pins, comprising a keeper having a notch, a notched latch pivoted to the keeper and having a projection adapted to engage the keeper-notch, a pivoted spring-controlled tongue having an eccentric toe adapted to engage the projection and a handle adapted to engage the latch-notch.

ARNOLD SCHROETTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

